Mustard Plug - Mr. Smiley
tabbed by PJ
All the chords in the song are skanky, thats the same as syncopated, I =
think :P
I think www.guitarfret.com has a very good lesson on playing ska guitar =
they even have a short video showing how to do it. It's very simple once =
you get it.
Intro:
e------------9-9~-------1010~-----77~ x2
[B-]---77~-----1010~------1212~-----88~
[G-]---77~----------------------------
[D-]--------7~--------9~---------5~---
[A]-5~--------------------------------
x2
e-5---5---7---3
[B]-7---5---7---3
[G]-7---6---7---4
[D]-7---7---9---5
[A]-5---7---9---5
[E]-5---5---7---3
Verse:
Same fingerings for the chords as in the intro
x4
Chorus:
Same chords, but ska fingerings. You could always just play the same =
chords and just play the top 4 strings harder.
e-2--5--7--3 x4
[B]-3--5--7--3
[G]-2--6--7--4
-4--7--9--5 (optional, you don't have to play the notes on the =
string)
Bridge:
Bass solo for 4 bars then
-7~--6~--7~--4~--2~----- (this is played w/ horns)
[D-]--------------------2-0~
and w/ horn solo on top for 8 bars
End:
in the end everything stops and the bass plays
[D]-0-0-54~
Intro
Verse #1
Chorus
Bridge
Verse #2
Chorus x2
End